Arkie Deya Whiteley (6 November 1964 – 19 December 2001) was an Australian actress who appeared in television and film.

Arkie Whiteley
Born
Deya Whiteley

(1964-11-06)6 November 1964
Westminster, London, England[citation needed]
Died19 December 2001(2001-12-19) (aged 37)
Sydney, Australia
Resting placeLavender Bay, Sydney, Australia
OccupationActress
Spouses
  • Christopher Kuhn
    (m. 1995; div. 1999)
  • Jim Elliott
    (m. 2001)

Early life and education

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Whiteley's parents were the renowned Australian artist Brett Whiteley and cultural figure Wendy Whiteley. According to her obituary in The Times newspaper, when living with her parents at the Hotel Chelsea in New York as an infant, her babysitter was singer Janis Joplin.[1] Arkie was educated at the prestigious Ascham School in Sydney and at an alternative school: the Australian International School at North Ryde, Sydney. She also attended Cremorne Girls High.

Career

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Her television and film work included A Town Like Alice, Razorback, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, Gallowglass, Princess Caraboo and The Last Musketeer with Robson Green.[2] She also appeared in the television series Prisoner as troubled prostitute/junkie Donna Mason and in early episodes of A Country Practice.[3][4]

After her father's overdose in 1992,[5] she negotiated with the New South Wales government to purchase his studio and run it as a studio museum managed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales.[6]

Personal life

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Whiteley married her first husband Christopher Kuhn in 1995;[7] they divorced in 1999. She married her second husband Jim Elliott in December 2001, shortly before she died from adrenal cancer on December 19, at age 37. She had a seven-year relationship with actor Paul Rhys, who nursed her during her illness.

She was cremated at Sydney's Northern Suburbs Crematorium. Both Arkie's and her father Brett's ashes are buried in an undisclosed location in Wendy's Secret Garden in the Sydney North Shore suburb of Lavender Bay.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1980 Slippery Slide TV movie
1981 The Killing of Angel Street Tina Benson Feature film
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior The Captain's Girl Feature film
1984 Razorback Sarah Cameron Feature film
1989 Scandal Vicky Feature film
1990 The Secret Life of Ian Fleming Gallina TV movie
1994 Princess Caraboo Betty Feature film
1999 Without Warning Megan Turner TV movie
2000 The Last Musketeer Dr. Elizabeth Fraser TV movie

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1978; 1979 The Mike Walsh Show Guest – Herself TV series, 1 episode
1978 People Like Us Young Elaine Frith TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1979 A Place in the World TV miniseries, 1 episode
1979; 1980 The Mike Walsh Show Guest – Herself TV series, 1 episode
1980 Spring & Fall Angela TV series, Episode: "The Last Card"
1980; 1983 The Mike Walsh Show Guest – Herself TV series, 1 episode
1981 Menotti TV series, 1 episode
1981 A Sporting Chance TV series, 1 episode 2: "Nobody Loves A Loser"
1981 A Town Like Alice Annie TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1981 Parkinson in Australia Guest TV series, 1 episode
1981 A Country Practice Jenny Secombe TV series, 2 episodes
1982 Prisoner Donna Mason TV series, 13 episodes
1983 The Mike Walsh Show Guest – Herself TV series, 1 episode
1983–84 Kings Alison King TV series, 13 episodes
1990 Screen Two Mary TV series, 1 Episode: "Drowning in the Shallow End"
1990 Perfect Scoundrels Fleur TV series, 2 episodes
1991 Van der Valk Ruth Van Der Valk TV series, 1 episode: "Doctor Hoffmann's Children"
1991 4 Play Girl on beach TV series, 1 episode: "But Beautiful"
1992 Love Hurts Annabel Golding TV series, 2 episodes
1992 Natural Lies Jo Scott TV series, 3 episodes
1993 Gallowglass Nina TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1993 Sweating Bullets Patsy Stratton TV series, 1 episode: "The Patsy"
1995 Casualty Eleanor Morrisey TV series, 1 episode: "Money for Nothing"
1996–97 Kavanagh QC Helen Ames TV series, 6 episodes
1998 The Grand Madame Euphrasine de Bourg D'Oisans TV series, 1 episode: "Episode #2.5"
1998 McCallum Catrin TV series, 1 episode: "Beyond Good and Evil"
2000 A Dinner of Herbs Madeleine Cottle TV miniseries, 3 episodes
2001 A Touch of Frost Dr. Helena Gibson TV series, 1 episode: "Benefit of the Doubt: Part 1" (final appearance)

References

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  1. ^ "Living the dream". 29 July 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Arkie Whiteley". BFI. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Prisoner: Cell Block H – episode 290". www.wwwentworth.co.uk.
  4. ^ "Arkie Whiteley".
  5. ^ Katrina, Strickland (2013). Affairs of the art : love, loss and power in the art world. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Publishing. ISBN 978-0-522-85862-4. OCLC 829995695.
  6. ^ "Studio history :: About the Studio :: Brett Whiteley Studio :: Art Gallery NSW". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  7. ^ "The will to win – smh.com.au". www.smh.com.au. 14 December 2002. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
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